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Jane Addams to Edward Bliss Reed, November 8, 1911

Addams thanks Reed for sending her a copy of the Yale Review and regrets she will not have time to contribute an article this year due to other writing obligations.

Requests Writings

Anne Eliza Buchanan to Jane Addams, November 12, 1911

Buchanan objects to Addams' use of "cadet" in her articles about social evil because it is also used in military and high school connotations.

Criticism Requests Writings

Lucy Louisa Flower to Jane Addams, November 15, 1911

Flower commends Addams for addressing the issues of white slavery in her November McClure's article.

Education Praise White Slavery Writings

Alonzo Gray to Jane Addams, November 25, 1911

Gray objects to Addams' use of the word "cadet" in her McClure's Magazine article.

Criticism Military Writings

Graham Taylor to Jane Addams, February 12, 1912

Taylor urges Addams to write to Arthur Kellogg about writing for The Survey and discusses her upcoming articles for the publication.

Requests Writings

George Albert Bellamy to Jane Addams, March 8, 1912

Bellamy praises Addams for her series in McClure's Magazine but also points out a small mistake in the February installment.

Criticism Writings

George Ashley Lewis to Jane Addams, April 30, 1912

Lewis criticizes a source Addams used for one of her articles in McClure's Magazines.

Criticism Writings Youth

Richard Theodore Ely to Jane Addams, May 2, 1912

Ely thanks Addams for sending him a copy of her new book and questions her decision to campaign for woman suffrage.

Criticism Praise Thanks Woman Suffrage Writings

Laura Jane Forbes to Jane Addams, May 7, 1912

Forbes thanks Addams for a copy of her latest book and asks her to return the manuscript she sent.

Family Public Opinion Writings

Howard A. Kelley to Jane Addams, May 12, 1912

Kelly wishes to republish Addams article "The Church and the Social Evil," but he wants to verify a citation about St. Augustine first.

Criticism Prostitution Religion Writings

Jenkin Lloyd Jones to Jane Addams, May 13, 1912

Jones writes Addams that he is reviewing her new book for Unity.

Praise Writings

Gino C. Speranza to Jane Addams, June 10, 1912

Speranza asks Addams to make corrections to a manuscript he wrote.

Requests Writings

Jane Addams to Gino C. Speranza, June 12, 1912

Addams suggests Speranza brings his manuscript to Cleveland, where they can meet and discuss at the National Conference of Charities and Correction.

Requests Writings

Gino C. Speranza to Jane Addams, June 17, 1912

Speranza explains that he will not be in Cleveland for the conference and cannot discuss his manuscript with Addams at that time.

Travels Writings

Beyond Good And Evil, August 1912

A poem by Woodberry, attesting to the idea that there is no good or evil, no god or devil.

Poetry Writings

Louise de Koven Bowen for Jane Addams to Edward S. Beck, August 24, 1912

Addams writes Beck about a series of articles the Central Press Association commissioned from her.

Writings

Oscar K. Davis to Jane Addams, August 26, 1912

Davis writes Addams regarding her upcoming articles.

Thanks Writings

List of Articles by Jane Addams on the Progressive Party, September 1912

A list of articles Addams wrote on the Progressive Party's values.

Publishing Writings

Edward William Bok to Jane Addams, September 4, 1912

Bok writes Addams about a publishing a version of a series of articles she prepared for the Progressive Party campaign.

Requests Writings

Virgil V. McNitt to Jane Addams, September 6, 1912

McNitt details how Addams' articles will be disseminated in the coming weeks.

Publishing Writings

Edward William Bok to Jane Addams, September 7, 1912

Bok makes recommendations for Addams' article which he wants to put in Ladies' Home Journal.

Publishing Writings

Edward Thomas Devine to Jane Addams, September 11, 1912

Devine tells Addams that he revised an editorial and that Taft wanted to appoint her as a member of the Industrial Commission.

Industry Public Opinion Publishing Writings

Jane Addams to J. M. Bruce, ca. October 1, 1912

Addams sends telegram to Bruce about her article.

Requests Writings

William Henry Irwin to Jane Addams, October 23, 1912

Irwin informs Addams that her Progressive Party article has been published and says that these kinds of articles are more useful than traditional party campaign materials.

Praise Writings

Jane Addams to Robert Underwood Johnson, November 6, 1912

Addams writes Johnson that she is sending him an article as soon as possible.

Lectures Writings

Julia Clifford Lathrop to Jane Addams, November 13, 1912

Lathrop sends her congratulations on A New Conscience and an Ancient Evil.

Books Praise Writings

Macmillan Company to Jane Addams, November 19, 1912

Macmillan asks Addams about a request to print The Spirit of Youth and the City Streets in Braille.

Publishing Requests Writings

Jane Addams to Robert Underwood Johnson, December 10, 1912

Addams cannot provide Johnson with material for his magazine in time for the February issue.

Requests Writings

Jane Addams to Jenkin Lloyd Jones, December 16, 1912

Addams declines to write an article for Unity and asks to be removed from its editorial staff.

Requests Writings

Edward William Bok to Jane Addams, January 22, 1913

Bok acknowledges receipt of Addams' May and June articles for the Ladies' Home Journal and calls "The Family and the State" article "delicious."

Writings

Arthur Hamilton Lee to Jane Addams, May 11, 1913

Lee is disappointed he could not meet Addams at Hull-House, but hopes he might see her in England before she returns home from her trip abroad.

Requests Travels Writings

Oscar Solomon Straus to Jane Addams, June 17, 1913

Straus tells Addams that his son enjoyed her book and organized the Progressive Committee of Princeton.

Praise Progressive Writings

Jane Addams to Oscar Solomon Straus, July 8, 1913

Addams thanks Straus for his son's complimentary letter about A New Conscience and an Ancient Evil.

Praise Thanks Writings

Hamilton Holt to Jane Addams, August 4, 1913

Holt is happy to learn that Addams is considering submitting an article for The Independent in the fall or winter.

Requests Writings

Graham Taylor to Jane Addams, September 13, 1913

Taylor reminds Addams about the introduction for his forthcoming book, which she promised to write.

Publishing Requests Settlements Writings

Henrietta Octavia Rowland Barnett to Jane Addams, September 17, 1913

Barnett sends Addams samples of her late husband's writings to share with social workers in America.

Friends Settlement Movement Writings

Jane Addams to Graham Taylor, September 21, 1913

Addams sends Taylor a copy of the introduction she is writing for his forthcoming book.

Requests Writings

Norman Hapgood to Jane Addams, September 26, 1913

Inspired by Addams' statement in a newspaper, Hapgood asks for an article on women's fashion.

Fashion Requests Writings

Christina Merriman to Secretary to Jane Addams, November 14, 1913

Merriman seeks some additional details for Addams' biography that will appear in the upcoming annual report of the Survey Graphic.

Requests Writings

Secretary to Jane Addams to George W. Ochs, December 1, 1913

Addams is unable to contribute an article to the Philadelphia Public Ledger.

Requests Writings

Democracy and Social Ethics, 1914

Addams argues that it is the responsibility of a democracy to care about the social needs of its citizens.

Democracy Ethics Juvenile Delinquency Poverty Public Health Social Reform Social Welfare Writings

Preface to Safeguards for City Youth at Work and at Play, 1914

A preface by Addams, explaining the importance of the book Safeguards for City Youth at Work and Play and matters of child welfare.

Books Child Labor Child Welfare Civil Service Courts Juvenile Delinquency Philanthropy Public Health Public Opinion Public Works Sanitation Writings

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Jane Addams to James Henry Breasted, January 31, 1914

Addams praised Breasted's book and encloses an article on travel in Egypt.

Travels Writings

The Unexpected Reactions of a Traveler in Egypt, February 1914

Addams, comparing past and present ideas of religion, discuses ideas on morality and the human condition.

Biblical figures Ethics Morality Religion Travels Writings

The Unexpected Reactions of a Traveler in Egypt, February 1914 (draft)

Addams, compares ideas of religion in the past and present and discusses ideas on morality and the human condition.

Biblical figures Ethics Morality Religion Travels Writings

James H. Breasted to Jane Addams, February 5, 1914

Breasted thanks Addams for her article in the Atlantic and discusses his research of oriental languages.

Education Research Thanks Writings

Edith Franklin Wyatt to Jane Addams, February 11, 1914

Wyatt compliments Addams on her recent article in the Atlantic.

Praise Writings

The Suffrage View, February 25, 1914

Addams recaps the events of a recent local Chicago election where women were allowed to vote and shows that women voters can be helpful to social reforms by being partisan voters.

Politics Woman Suffrage Writings

Lawrence F. Abbott to Jane Addams, February 27, 1914

Abbott thanks Addams for her article and discusses his reasoning for featuring both pro and anti suffrage pieces, suggesting that Addams debate Ida Tarbell in the paper.

Requests Woman Suffrage Writings

The Girl Problem: Its Community Aspects, April 1914

Addams explains how communities needs to provide more for the youths that live there, and how there really is not a girl problem, but a problem with how all youths are handled.

Children Family Hull-House Immigrants Recreation Writings Youth

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